[theonemind]

I don't get lonely. About 20 years ago, I decided to focus on something every time I felt a negative emotion. I did this extremely consistently, and worked most negative emotion out of my emotional repertoire in 3 or 4 years, and nearly completely in about 6 or 7 years. I have almost no negative emotion left in my emotional repertoire.

I'd study a wall, or a blade of grass. I'd thrust my attention on whatever I could find. You always have something you can focus on. I usually had a book with me.

However, I don't feel much positive emotion, possibly related, and I don't know that I necessarily recommend eliminating loneliness. That might work like cutting off the power to your smoke alarms--just kill the pain sensors and let the problem fester.

[lazide]

This sounds really unhealthy? Like you’re refusing to acknowledge the negative emotion and suppressing it?

I’ve run across some folks over the years who did this a lot, and they tended to explode when sometime did push past/overwhelm it.

[zentr1c]

Sounds like a distraction strategy